Crusader Softball Falls To Colgate In Doubleheader

Hamilton, N.Y.- The Holy Cross softball team traveled to
Hamilton, N.Y., to face-off in a conference doubleheader against
Colgate. In game one, Colgate beat the Crusaders 3-2 in eight
innings, then in game two the Crusaders lost 6-3. Holy Cross falls
to 8-31 overall (3-15 Patriot League), while Colgate improves to
10-21 overall (7-11 Patriot League).

In game one, the Crusaders took a 1-0 lead in the first inning
when a single by Kelly O'Neil (White
Plains, N.Y.) brought home Mandy Correale
(Peabody, Mass.). The Crusaders increased their lead to 2-0 in the
third inning when Keeley Seniuk
(Phoenix, Ariz.) reached on an error and Correale came home.
Colgate came back to tie the game at 2-2, as Tiana Tyeskey hit solo
home runs in both the third and seventh innings. The Raiders then
won the game on an RBI single by Amanda Eccleston in the eighth
inning.

Caitlin
Belanger (Fall River, Mass.) took the loss for the Crusaders,
allowing two runs on five hits in 2-1/3 innings of relief.

In game two, the game was scoreless until the fourth inning when
Natalie Cruz
(Manalapan, N.J.) hit a two-run homer to put the Crusaders up 2-0.
But Colgate took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the
fourth, and added three more in the sixth inning to go up 6-2. The
Crusaders scored one more run in the seventh when Amanda Audette
(New Bedford, Mass.) hit a single to right field, bringing Belanger
home. But Holy Cross could not add any more runs, as the Raiders
held on for the win.

Pitching game two for the Crusader was Cruz, who took the loss
despite allowing just one earned run on three hits in five innings.

The Crusaders finish the season with a doubleheader at Colgate
on Thursday, May 1. Start time is set for 3:30 p.m.

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